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Step 8 - Review the Calibration Results

1. When the calibration of the TP200 Probe Changer is complete, select the Ports tab in the Probe Changer dialog box (Edit | Preferences | Probe Changer). The calibration information now exists for the location of each calibrated port:

Probe Changer dialog box - Ports tab with calibration results

2. When you view the results, watch for the following discontinuities. Any significant deviations from these expectations may be due to a bad hit.

- This probe changer is not necessarily aligned parallel to any axis of the CMM. However, the X and Y values should show equal spacing between ports (roughly 30 mm apart), with about 65 mm between ports 3 and 4 for the divider.

- The Z values should be nearly identical since the ports are all at the same height.

The results during measurement routine execution are:

1. Probe entities that are added to each port are automatically picked up from that location whenever PC-DMIS executes a LOADPROBE command for that probe.

2. The probe body moves to the mount point and then into the "unload" port to drop off the current probe.

3. The current probe remains in the port while the probe body lifts away to detach.

4. From there, the probe moves over the next "load" position and then down onto the new probe, and automatically engages the new module.

5. It then moves back out of the port and over to the probe changer's mount point.

6. From there, it continues to measure.